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Vol. 73, No. 38 

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To 

Revise and Extend an Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to request revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection, the Field Crops 

Objective Yield Surveys. Revision to 

burden hours may be needed due to 

changes in the size of the target 

population, sampling design, and/or 

questionnaire length. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by April 28, 2008 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0088, 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: (202) 720–06396. 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– 

ROM submissions to: NASS Clearance 

Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Room 5336A, Mail Stop 2024, South 

Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 

5336A, South Building, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph T. Reilly, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Field Crops Objective Yield. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0088. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

November 30, 2008. 

Type of Request: Intent to Request 

Approval to Revise and Extend an 

Information Collection. 

Abstract: The primary objective of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

is to prepare and issue State and 

national estimates of crop and livestock 

production, prices, and disposition. The 

Field Crops Objective Yield Surveys 

objectively predict yields for corn, 

cotton, potatoes, soybeans, and wheat. 

Sample fields are randomly selected for 

these crops, plots are laid out, and 

periodic counts and measurements are 

taken and then used to forecast 

production during the growing season. 

Production forecasts are published in 

USDA Crop Production reports. The 

Field Crops Objective Yield Surveys 

have approval from OMB for a 3-year 

period; NASS intends to request that the 

surveys be approved for another 3 years. 

Authority: These data will be collected 

under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). 

Individually identifiable data collected under 

this authority are governed by Section 1770 

of the Food Security Act of 1985, 7 U.S.C. 

2276, which requires USDA to afford strict 

confidentiality to non-aggregated data 

provided by respondents. This Notice is 

submitted in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–113) and 

Office of Management and Budget regulations 

at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 

1995). 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 24 minutes. 

Respondents: Farmers, ranchers, or 

farm managers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,555. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 3,422 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

and related instructions can be obtained 

without charge from NASS Clearance 

Officer, at (202) 720–2248. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

All responses to this notice will 

become a matter of public record and be 

summarized in the request for OMB 

approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, February 8, 

2008. 

Joseph T. Reilly, 

Associate Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 08–840 Filed 2–25–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–M 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Telephone Bank 

Determination of the 2007 Fiscal Year 

Interest Rate on Rural Telephone Bank 

Loans 

AGENCY: Rural Telephone Bank, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of 2007 fiscal year 

interest rate determination. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 7 CFR 

1610.10, the Rural Telephone Bank 

(Bank) cost of money rate has been 

established as 5.84% for all advances 

made during fiscal year 2007 (the period 

beginning October 1, 2006 and ending 

September 30, 2007). All advances made 

during fiscal year 2007 were under Bank 

loans approved on or after October 1, 

1992. These loans are sometimes 

referred to as financing account loans. 

The methodology required to 

calculate the cost of money rate is 

established in 7 CFR 1610.10(c). 

Because of the dissolution of the Bank, 

the only remaining component of the 

calculation of the Bank’s cost of money 

rate for fiscal year 2007 is the rate paid 

by the Bank to the Treasury to borrower 

the funds advanced under financing 

account loans. Since the rate paid to the 

Treasury is greater than or equal to the 

minimum rate (5.00%) allowed under 

7 U.S.C. 948(b)(3)(A), the cost of money 

rate is set at 5.84%. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan P. Claffey, Deputy Assistant 

Governor, Rural Telephone Bank, STOP 

1590—Room 5151, 1400 Independence 

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